Chapter 69 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 69.16

जनकोऽपि महातेजाः क्रिया धर्मेण तत्त्ववित्। यज्ञस्य च सुताभ्यां च कृत्वा रात्रिमुवास ह॥

janako'pi mahātejāḥ kriyā dharmeṇa tattvavit| yajñasya ca sutābhyāṃ ca kṛtvā rātrimuvāsa ha||

English Meaning

And the exceedingly energetic Janaka also, versed in men and things, having in accordance with the ordinance completed the sacrifice and performed all the preliminary rites relative to the nuptials of his daughters, reposed for the night.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)